SUMMARY: "Sherri," age 20, died from abortion complications in 1975.
"Sherri" was one of the women listed by Life Dynamics on the "Blackmun Wall" listing women killed by safe and legal abortion.
Sherri, who had a history of heart disease, was 20 years old and late in the second trimester of her pregnancy when she underwent an abortion in 1975.
Her physician injected a urea solution into her uterus, which was intended to poison the fetus and induce labor. Sherri expelled the fetus, but during the abortion amniotic fluid got into her bloodstream. This triggered a clotting disorder that caused her death.
Source: Life Dynamics "Blackmun Wall" citing "Fatal Pulmonary Embolism During Legal Induced Abortion in the United States from 1972-1985," Lawson, Herschel W., MD, Atrash, Hani K., MD, MPH, Franks, Adele L., MD, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol. 162, No. 4, April 1990, p. 986-990
"Sherri" was one of the women listed by Life Dynamics on the "Blackmun Wall" listing women killed by safe and legal abortion.
Sherri, who had a history of heart disease, was 20 years old and late in the second trimester of her pregnancy when she underwent an abortion in 1975.
Her physician injected a urea solution into her uterus, which was intended to poison the fetus and induce labor. Sherri expelled the fetus, but during the abortion amniotic fluid got into her bloodstream. This triggered a clotting disorder that caused her death.
Source: Life Dynamics "Blackmun Wall" citing "Fatal Pulmonary Embolism During Legal Induced Abortion in the United States from 1972-1985," Lawson, Herschel W., MD, Atrash, Hani K., MD, MPH, Franks, Adele L., MD, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol. 162, No. 4, April 1990, p. 986-990